Gloves



M. C. OHMAN GLOVES 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 11, 1955 INVENTOR MARGUERITE C. OHMAN BY PM W W W W 42,

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HER ATTORNEYS 1955 M. c. OHMAN 2,724,119

GLOVES Filed Jan. 11, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORi MARGUERITE C. OHMAN [Mm MEL Maw- 9 H ER ATTORNEYS Z,7Z4,1 l9 1 Patented 'Nov. 22, 1955 GLOVES Marguerite C. Ohman, New York, N. Y. Application January 11, 1955, S erialNo. 4s1,12s 4 Claiins. (c1. 2-459 This invention relates to improvements in gloves, and more particularly to open fingered gloves constructed'with an open or adjustable finger portion to permit comfort when rings are worn underneath the glove and to permit glamour of rings on a gloved hand.

The improved gloves of the present invention have one or more openings on the back of the glove at the base of one or more of the finger portions, together with a flap with means for holding it in a closed position to close the opening or to hold it in an open position.

The opening in the back of the finger portion of the glove is advantageously of a width approximating the width of theglove finger. And the size of the opening is advantageously of asize which permits the finger to extend out through the opening when this is desired, as at a wedding, Where the wedding ring is to be inserted on the ungloved finger of the gloved hand.

opening so arranged at the base of the fingerport'ion of the glove enables the gem setting or head of a ring or rings to extend outwardly therethrough, even where the head of the ring has a width approximately the width of the finger on which the ring is worn.

The flap which serves to cover the opening may be a separate flap secured to the back of the glove, or formed as an integral extension of the fabric or material which forms the back of the glove and is of a size to close the opening and with fastening means for fastening the free end of the flap in closed position. The back of the glove is also provided with fastening means for fastening the end of the flap in an open position. The provision of such a flap has the added advantage that it be used to close the opening, after the glove has been placed on the hand, by drawing the flap under the ring at the back of the hand and securing it in its closed position so that the head or settingolf the ring isonthe outside of the glove.

The invention will be further dese'ribed in cohneetion with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention in a somewhat conventional and diagrammatic manner, but it will be understood that the invention is illustrated thereby but is not limited thereto.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 shows, in a conventional manner, a glove illustrating the invention, with the flap in closed position;

Fig. 2 shows a modification of the glove of Fig. l with a separate attached flap;

Fig. 3 shows the glove of Fig. l with the flap held in open position and the ring showing through the opening;

Fig. 4 shows the glove with the flap pulled back under the ring to a closed position, so that the head or setting of the ring is outside the flap;

Fig. 5 shows the same glove with the ring finger extending out through the opening;

Fig. 6 shows a glove with a somewhat modified arrangement of the flap for closing the opening;

Fig. 7 shows a further modification of the glove with the flap in open position; and

Fig. 8 shows the same glove with the flap in closed position.

In the drawings, a left-hand glove is shown conventionally with an opening 1 at the base of the third or ring finger portion and a closure 2 therefor in the form of a flap which is made as an integral extension of the back of the glove and which has a buttonhole 3 therein which can be secured either to the button 4 on the finger portion of the glove or to the button 5 on the back of the handcovering portion ofthe glove to hold the flap in open position.

The underside of the flap, when closed, which becomes the exposed side when the fiap is opened, as in Fig. 3, is advantageously made to match or to contrast with the surrounding portion of the glove. If the glove fabric or material has a different appearance on the inside than on the outside, an added layer can be added to the inside of the flap to give it the same appearance as the outside of the back of the glove, or to give it a contrasting appearance.

The edge of the flap 2 may be stiffened or bound or finished, as by applying buttonhole or other binding or stitching 7 around its edges. And the edge of the opening: 1 can similarly be reinforced or bound as indicated at 8.

In the glove shown in Figs. l5, the back finger portion 10 extends up under the end of the flap when closed and has the button 4 on it to which the buttonhole 3 of the is secured in closed position as illustrated in Fig. l.

In Fig. 1, the glove is shown with the flap closed and which can be used where no ring is worn, or where the ring is to be concealed.

V Fig. 3 shows the glove with the flap open and with the head or gem and gem setting 9 extending through the opening. The opening is of a size which permits even large heads or settings to extend through the opening.

In Fig. 4 the flap 2 is shown as pulled back under the ring, between the ring and the back of the finger of the wearer and with the flap secured in closed position. In

this case, the head or jewels of the ring are outside the In Fig. 5 the ring finger is shown as extending out through the opening. This permits the glove to be worn and the ring finger exposed so that, for example, a wedding ring can be inserted over the exposed finger while the tes er the hand is covered by the glove.

The structure of Fig. 6 is similar to that of Figs. l-5 except that the flap extends directly back and in line with the opening when the fiap is turned back and held in open position.

In Figs. 1-5 the edge of the flap Where it is united to the back of the glove isfat an angle corresponding to the angle" Between the two sides of the base of the glove finger, so that when folded back it is somewhat at an angle as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 2, the flap 2a is a separate flap of material matching the material of the glove and secured to the back of the glove at one end by stitching indicated at 212, and to the button 4:: in closed position or to the button 5a in open position.

In the modification of the invention shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the hole 11 and the flap 12 are of substantially the same size, and the flap has a loop 313 at the end which can be secured either to the button M on the back of the finger portion of the glove or to the button 15 on the back of the hand-covering portion of the glove. The back of the flap in this case can be similarly covered with a layer to match or contrast with the back of the glove, and the edges of the flap and opening can be similarly bound or finished by binding or stitching l7 and 18. The flap in this case can be cut from the material of the back of one finger portion of the glove, and the edges of the flap and of the opening bound e. g. with buttonhole stitching, and the back of the flap covered, if necessary, with matching or contrasting material. The flap in this case will not overlap the opening to any substantial extent, being in this respect difierent from that of Figs. l-6, where the flap is larger than the opening and extends down and overlaps a portion of the back of the glove finger and is secured thereto by a button hole in the flap itself. In Figs. 7 and 8, an added loop or fastener is added at the end of the flap to secure the flap either in its open or closed position to a button on the back of the glove finger or on the back of the hand-covering portion. of the glove.

The improved glove of the present invention has many advantages. With the flap in closed position, the glove can be worn without jewelry or with the jewelry concealed by the flap, as illustrated in Fig. 1. When jewelry is worn and is to be shown through the opening in the back of the glove, the flap can either be turned back and secured to the back of the glove as illustrated in Fig. 3, or the flap can be drawn under the ring and between the ring and the back of the finger portion, and secured in closed position, as illustrated in Fig. 4. And the opening is of a size that permits the finger to extend therethrough, as illustrated in Fig. 5, to permit placing a wedding ring or other ring on the ungloved finger of the hand otherwise covered by the glove.

The improved glove has a further advantage in that when one wants to remove the glove and there is a large ring setting over which the glove has to be passed, the flap can be pulled up to raise the back of the hand-covering portion while the hand is being withdrawn from the glove, thereby preventing the setting of the ring from catching on the glove. This advantage is even more pronounced if the flap is lifted while its free edge is secured to the fastener 5, since the lifting force then will be exerted at a point more central of the back of the handcovering portion.

The glove is moreover of simple construction and can readily be made. The glove of Figs. 7 and 8 requires merely the cutting of an opening of suitable size and the adding of a securing loop or fastening to the flap and the provision of a button or other fastener on the back of the finger and on the back of the glove to enable the fiap to be held in either closed or open position. The glove of Figs. 1 and 3-6 has a flap which is larger than the opening and overlaps a portion of the back finger portion of the glove. In this case, the back finger portion will be separately applied in making the glove, and the flap can readily be made as an integral extension of the back hand portion of the glove, in the man-- ner illustrated. The glove of Fig. 2 can readliy be made by cutting an opening of suitable size and providing a separate flap of suitable size and securing one end of the flap to the back of the glove, as by stitching.

The fastening device to which the flap is attached is advantageously a simple button such as a pearl button or other attractive ornamental button which matches or harmonizes with the material of the glove. It is sufficiently small so that it is not unsightly but may even be an added attraction when an attractive button such as a small pearl button is used. Other fasteners than a button and buttonhole can similarly be used for securing the flap either in closed or open position.

While the drawing shows the opening and closing flap applied to a single finger portion of the glove, namely, to the third or ring finger portion of the left-hand glove, it will be evident that similar provision can be made in other fingers of the glove or for a plurality of the finger portions of the glove; and that right-hand gloves can be similarly provided with an opening and closure where rings are worn on the right hand and it is desired to permit the head or gem setting portion of the ring to extend through the opening and be visible on the back of the gloved hand.

I claim:

1. A glove having finger portions and a hand-covering portion, at least one of the finger portions having at the back, near the juncture with the hand-covering portion, an opening of a size to permit the head of a ring to extend therethrough, a flap on the back of the glove for closing the opening, said flap being joined to the glove adjacent the juncture of the finger portion having the opening therein with the hand-covering portion along a line extending transversely of said finger portion and means on the back of the hand-covering portion for securing the free end portion of the flap.

2. A glove according to claim 1, in which the flap is an integral extension of the material of the hand-covering portion of the glove.

3. A glove according to claim 1 in which the size of the flap is substatnially the same as the size of the opening and in which the flap has an extension for securing it to the back of the finger portion of the glove having the opening therein.

4. A glove according to claim 1 in which flap securing means also are carried by the finger portion having the opening between said opening and the tip of said finger portion, to hold the flap in closed position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,329,996 Pacifico Feb. 3, 1920 2,443,938 Wallis June 22, 1948 2,513,030 Lazarian June 27, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS 631.437 France Mar. 26, 1927 750,292 France Feb. 8, 1933 

